Puckman Bonesawed

Puckman1985-2006He never saw it coming. Normally we wouldn't care about what happens at RPI, but according to INCH, RPI is planning on removing Puckman from the RPI uniforms, and decreasing his capacity in the RPI hockey program. Puckman was one of the funnier mascots in the league and his antics and resemblance to a Necco wafer will be missed.

Women Tie Princeton ; Men Fall to USA

The Clarkson women's hockey team took 3 points on the road with a 1-1 tie Saturday afternoon in Princeton, New Jersey. Ashley Shaidle scored her third goal of the season on a delayed penalty call in the first period. Carlee Eusepi and Katie Morrison assisted. Princeton tied things up in the second, and that's how it ended. Kira Hurley made 23 saves. The Knights are now 3-3-2 and are at home

Men's Preview - Team USA @ Clarkson ; Women Defeat Quinnipiac

After starting the season 4-1-1 the Clarkson Golden Knights face off against the USNPDT-U18's tonight at Cheel arena. Clarkson is one of a handful of teams that has played six games so far this season and this weekend serves a multitude of purposes. First, it allows an open week for players that are injured to rest and recuperate. Second, it provides the coaching staff to re-evaluate some of

Weekend Picks

Since Clarkson is facing the Wonder Boys tomorrow, the preview will be postponed til tomorrow afternoon or so.Here's how I did last week:RPI @ Denver - Denver 3-2; WRONG RPI 2-1LSSU @ Clarkson - Clarkson 5-1; WRONG LSSU 5-1RPI @ Denver - Denver 5-1; RIGHT Denver 5-1Union @ Northeastern - Union 2-1; WRONG Northeastern 5-0LSSU @ Clarkson - Clarkson 4-2; RIGHT Clarkson 7-2Canisus @ Colgate - Colgate

USCHO Game of the Week

Just a reminder, the Women's Matchup against Princeton on Saturday is also Clarkson's first appearance in the USCHO Game of the Week. The broadcast will be available here. Puck drops at 4:00.

Women's Preview

Good news for Clarkson fans. The toughest part of the schedule looks like it's over. Sure it's odd to say that after just six games, but it's true. The Golden Knight women head out to New Jersey and Connecticut to face Princeton and the Q in a couple of crucial conference games this weekend.Clarkson's schedule had them facing some of the toughest competition in the country the past two weeks. A

Hockey Scores on Your Cell? Yes Please!

Our colleagues over at College Hockey News where we maintain our other, more worldly blog have a smashing new invention that will revolutionize the way you spend your time out on the weekends: Up-to-date college hockey scores on your cell phone. BRILLIANT!At first I thought it was due to my prompting which came about after an incident at a wedding two weeks ago when Brett and I called and text

Clarkson in the Pros

A quick recap of how Clarkson Alumni are doing in the NHL:Craig Conroy, C, Los Angeles Kings - 0-1-1 in 9 games. -4 ratingWillie Mitchell, D, Vancouver Canucks - 0-1-1 in 9 games. +3 ratingChris Clark, RW, Washington Capitals - 2-6-8 in 7 games. +3 rating.Todd Marchant, C, Anaheim Ducks - 1-2-3 in 8 games. +2 rating.Todd White, C, Minnesota Wild - 2-0-2 in 8 games. +3 rating. GWG on opening

Men Rebound Against LSSU ; Women Fall to SLU

In the afternoon game the Clarkson women hung with the third ranked SLU Saints for a period but fell to SLU 5-0 in front of 823 fans at Cheel Arena. Kira Hurley made 26 saves.In the evening game the Clarkson men destroyed Lake Superior State 7-1. Clarkson scored the first 5 goals of the contest starting with freshman Matt Beca's second career goal. Steve Zalewski, and David Cayer also added

Lake State Overpowers Clarkson 5-1; SLU Knock Off Women 3-1

GOLDEN KNIGHTS SUNK BY LAKERSLAKERS SCORE 5 POWERPLAY GOALS ON 8 OPPROTUNITIESZALEWSKI SCORES THE LONE CLARKSON GOALLEGGIO MAKES 36 SAVESClarkson heads back to the drawing board and takes on the Lakers tomorrow night.-------------------Over in Canton, St. Lawrence jumped out to a two goal lead. Katie Morrison scored her fourth goal of the season in the second period but SLU tacked on the third

Men's Preview: LSSU @ Clarkson

Clarkson is off to their best start in nearly two decades, and this weekend they take on a team they have not faced in a decade, as they welcome Lake Superior State University to Cheel Arena for a weekend series. Lake State enters the series with a 1-1-0 record after a split last weekend against CCHA rival Ohio State. The Lakers were shut out 1-0 on Friday night and won 7-6 in overtime on

Clarkson v. #4 SLU - The Women Need YOU!

While those over at Western College Hockey are haggling about UAA/UAF being the best rivalry in college hockey, us fans from the North Country know where the real deal is at. Last year a combined 4,000 fans came out to Appleton and Cheel to watch a third year program battle the #1 ranked team in the country, and actually take a split in two exciting, competitive games.... By the way rivalry

Why We Like George Roll

Taken from Clarkson Athletics:"Last year if you were to say we were going to go on the road and get three of four points we would have certainly taken it," stated George Roll. "This year we don’t have that same feeling. We want to take all four points. We played a very solid game on Friday night and I think we took a good Providence team by surprise. The following night at UMass, we certainly did

Recruit Update

Scott Freeman is on an absolute tear for Bowmanvile. The Eagles are 13-1-0-1 and lead the OPJHL East division by 5 points. Freeman has played in all 15 games and has 7 goals and an astounding 34 assists to lead the league in scoring, by nine points. If he keeps up his 2.73 points per game average he will finish the season with 137 points.Brandon D'Fazio has played 12 games with Oakville and has 3

Clarkson Men Remain Undefeated; Women Salvage Tie

Clarkson defeated Providence 6-1 Friday night in Providence to bump their record to 3 and 0. Clarkson jumped out to a 4-0 lead and never looked back by scoring two empty net goals late in the third. Chris D'Alvise had the game winner and added shorthanded goal. Matt Curley scored his first goal since his freshman season to open the scoring. Steve Zalewski scored twice and David Cayer scored

Clarkson Men Look to Exorcise Road Demons Against Friars, Minutemen

Last weekend Clarkson put up eleven goals, at home. Cheel Arena has been kind to the Golden Knights over the past year. The last lost in Potsdam was November 26, 2005. Since that date Clarkson has gone 9-0-1 including the sweep to open the season last weekend. While the home cooking has been good, the road has been less kind to the Knights. If George Roll (inset right) wants to take this squad to

Women's Preview

After demolishing Vermont and handily defeating Aurora in an exhibition last Saturday at Cheel arena, the Clarkson women's team is showing that they're not the offensively challenged team of the past, scoring 16 goals in those three games. This weekend the Golden Knights head to Erie, Pennsylvania, face 3rd ranked Mercyhurst for a pair of games that will set the tone for the rest of the season.

Clarkson To Test Video Replay

According to this article in the Clarkson Integrator, Clarkson has been chosen to test out a video replay system for the ECAC. WCKN, Clarkson's television station, will be in charge of the video replay, and the majority of the technical work will be handled by students. It was these students availability and dedication that the ECAC chose Clarkson to run this pilot program.

Zalewski Named ECAC Player of the Week

Clarkson foward Steve Zalewski was named the ECAC Player of the week for the first week of the regular season. Zalewski had a goal a two assists this weekend and his goal was the game winner against RIT.

2000th Game. Just another win!

Clarkson defeated RIT in the Golden Knight's 2000th all time game 4-2 Saturday Night at Cheel Arena. Steve Zalewski had the game winner, and David Cayer had two goals including an empty netter from his own net to seal the deal. Grant Clitsome also had a goal, and David Leggio stopped 26 in the victory.

SEVVVVVEN!

CLARKSON UPENDS NIAGARA 7-3TUTTLE SCORES FIRST, AND SECOND CAREER GOALKOLU CHIPS INBECA NETS FIRST CAREER GOALWELLER AND DODGE JOIN IN11 KNIGHT TALLY POINTSLEGGIO MAKES 26 SAVES AS KNIGHTS OVERCOME 1-0 DEFICIT

Clarkson Video Webcast

Just a reminder that Clarkson will be streaming video of this weekend's games over the web at Clarkson Athletics. The webcast will be produced by the student television station WCKN. In addition, if you're on dial-up, the solid Cool 95.3 Broadcast featuring Bob Ahfeld and Josh Bartell is available here!

Weekend Preview

Since we've been putting up alot of previews here is a new take on this weekends games. We had a chance to chat with RIT blogger Mark Komar and get his thoughts on Clarkson, RIT and this weekends matchup.Clarkson Hockey Fans (CHF): Tell us about yourself and give a plug to your website and blogMark Komar (MK): I have been an RIT Corner Crew member for over 10 years following the hockey team. I

ECAC Season Preview - Clarkson

Clarkson Golden KnightsLast Years Finish - 8thKey Returnees - Nick Dodge Jr. F, David Cayer Jr. F, Shawn Weller Jr. F, Shea Guthrie So. F, Mike Sullivan Sr. FKey Losses - Jeff Genovy F, Chris Brekelmans DThat's right, I picked Clarkson to finish first. I picked Clarkson to jump seven spots and capture their first regular season title since 2001. It may seem illogical to the outsider, but Clarkson

ECAC Season Preview - Colgate

Colgate RaidersLast Years Finish - 2nd - Lost tie breaker to DartmouthKey Returnees - Tyler Burton Jr. F, Marc Fulton Sr. F, Mark Dekanich Jr. GKey Losses - Kyle Wilson F, Jon Smyth F, Ryan Smyth FColgate has had a strong run in the ECAC over the past three years, and with the current line-up head coach Don Vaughn has taking the ice this season there is no reason to believe that this team wont

ECAC Season Preview - Harvard

Harvard CrimsonLast Years Finish - 4thKey Returnees - Kevin Du Sr. F, Jon Pelle Jr. F, Dylan Reese Sr. DKey Losses - John Daigneau G, Dan Murphy F, Charlie Johnson FHarvard returns one of the most balanced scoring offenses in the league and 7 of their top 10 scoring leaders. Combine this with a team that returns 17 of it's regular skaters from a team that won the league tournament and Harvard is

ECAC Season Preview - Dartmouth

Dartmouth Big GreenLast Years Finish - Tied for 1st, won tie break against ColgateKey Returnees - David Jones Jr. F, Tanner Glass Sr. F, Nick Johnson Jr. F, Mike Devine Jr. GKey Losses - Mike Ouellette F, Eric Przepiorka F, Sean Offers DIt all came down to one game. Dartmouth had clinched the overall number one seed in the regular season and had swept upset minded Yale in the second round of the

Booyah!

Nothing says awesome like a season opening sweep by a combined 13-1 margin. The Women's Hockey Team came out and laid the smackdown on the Vermont Friday, defeating the Catamounts 9-0. Then followed it up with a 4-1 performance on Saturday. Some notes: Melissa Marshall is already one point away from her totals last year after scoring two goals and and four assists this weekend. Marie Jo-Gaudet